Cypriot guide Quotes in Exodus (1960)

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Cypriot guide: The island of Cyprus, madame. World famous for beauty, and long, tragic history. Been conquered many times, conquered by Phoenicians, Assyrians, Persians, Macedonians; also conquered by Greeks, Romans, Byzantines, Turks. Purchased from Turkey by your esteemed self, the British Empire. All Cyprus most wanted the British.

Kitty Fremont: [correcting him] I'm an American.

Cypriot guide: Fond of Americans, also; we Cypriots are fond of everybody.